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Al Schmidt: “Obtaining the US Department of Justice approval for…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health

Published | Video Starts at 18:42

While the Shapiro administration was able to partially implement the nurse compact in 2013 and the physician compact in 2014, one major hurdle remained to full implementation. Obtaining the US Department of Justice approval for Pennsylvania to receive FBI fingerprint based criminal history record checks for applicants. To safeguard the health and safety of Pennsylvanians, the Department of State's Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, BPOA has been focused on working with doj, the State police and a bipartisan collection of congressional allies to obtain that approval. (18:42–18:53)

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